Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

This study explores the role of U.S. ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities for international technology transfer to their home countries. U.S. ethnic researchers are quantified through an ethnicname database and individual patent records. International patent citations confirm knowledge diffuses through ethnic networks, and manufacturing output in foreign countries increases with an...

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Ethnic Scientic Communities and International Technology Di¤usion

This study explores the importance of tacit knowledge transfer for international technology di¤usion by examining ethnic scienti…c communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quanti…ed by applying an ethnic-name database to individual patent records. International patent citations con…rm knowledge di¤uses through ethnic networks, and manufact...

International Technology Diffusion WOLFGANG

752 1 University of Texas, Austin; NBER and CEPR. I have benefited from discussions related to this paper with Bob Baldwin, Elhanan Helpman, Danny Quah, Andres Rodriguez-Claré, Dani Rodrik, Jim Tybout, and Stephen Yeaple. Oded Galor, Peter Howitt, Sam Kortum, Pete Klenow, Pierre Mohnen, Jim Rauch, Carol Shiue, Dan Trefler, and seminar participants at Industry Canada, three anonymous referees an...

Trade, Patents and International Technology Diffusion

This paper investigates international technology diffusion through trade and patenting in a sample of 48 countries for the period 1980 – 2000. We divide the sample in three income groups to detect different patterns of technology absorption. Our results show that rich countries benefit from domestic technology and foreign technology embodied in imported capital goods, middle-income countries en...